Scariest part about firing Arnett

[Really Clark?]

No we won't but we could very well be fishing in the same pond as school where their replacement comes from.

Our line is already in that pond

[Mjoelner34]

Our line is already in that pond

I just hope we remembered to bait it. LOL

[Really Clark?]

I just hope we remembered to bait it. LOL

Lol. I hope it's a Texas rigged 10" worn to catch a lunker

[Todd4State]

Imagine what Mullen could do with Parson…

Imagine what GJ Kinne or Rhett Lashlee could do with Parson.

[DownwardDawg]

Imagine what GJ Kinne or Rhett Lashlee could do with Parson.

Or Mullen........

[War Machine Dawg]

SEC West doesnt exist in two more weeks and our NIL is probably about top 30 in the NCAA

This isn't the selling point you think it is. In fact, it's a reason to NOT take our job. Unless there's some sort of pod system in the works, we're going to be picked to finish 15th of 16 every year. About the best we can hope for in a 1-16 structure is to finish 4th or 5th. 1-3 will be Bama, UGA, OU in some order. LSU will be in that 3-4 spot most years. So could Texas. And that doesn't include when we inevitably expand to 20 with FSU, Clemson, North Carolina and one of UVA/VT, because that is definitely happening at some point. Our best hope to be competitive is in some sort of division system, whether that was the traditional East-West format of some sort of pod system. But any 1-16, 18, 20 is the end of our chances to be relevant.

[Tater]

This isn't the selling point you think it is. In fact, it's a reason to NOT take our job. Unless there's some sort of pod system in the works, we're going to be picked to finish 15th of 16 every year. About the best we can hope for in a 1-16 structure is to finish 4th or 5th. 1-3 will be Bama, UGA, OU in some order. LSU will be in that 3-4 spot most years. So could Texas. And that doesn't include when we inevitably expand to 20 with FSU, Clemson, North Carolina and one of UVA/VT, because that is definitely happening at some point. Our best hope to be competitive is in some sort of division system, whether that was the traditional East-West format of some sort of pod system. But any 1-16, 18, 20 is the end of our chances to be relevant.

12 team playoff. Top 4-5 SEC making it every year. 10-2 makes it.

[War Machine Dawg]

12 team playoff. Top 4-5 SEC making it every year. 10-2 makes it.

Lol, we barely win 2-4 SEC games now. Explain how we win 6 conference games in an expanded conference and when the schedule inevitably moves to 9, maybe even 10, conference games. And you're dreaming if you think nearly half the playoff field will be from the SEC. Between the media and the committee there's no way 5 teams from the same conference will be in the playoffs.

I repeat: moving away from divisions is the death of relevance for our football program. I know that's not the popular take, but that's the hard truth.

[Quaoarsking]

I repeat: moving away from divisions is the death of relevance for our football program. I know that's not the popular take, but that's the hard truth.

That makes no sense. The West has been clearly better than the East for more than a decade. By abolishing divisions, our SOS will be a bit easier going forward.

[Tater]

Lol, we barely win 2-4 SEC games now. Explain how we win 6 conference games in an expanded conference and when the schedule inevitably moves to 9, maybe even 10, conference games. And you're dreaming if you think nearly half the playoff field will be from the SEC. Between the media and the committee there's no way 5 teams from the same conference will be in the playoffs.

I repeat: moving away from divisions is the death of relevance for our football program. I know that's not the popular take, but that's the hard truth.

2014 we make the playoff. 1999 we make the playoff. 10-2 is relevancy. That is attainable at this job, we just need the right guy to come in here. It was attainable this year if Leach hadn't passed away.

[Bothrops]

That makes no sense. The West has been clearly better than the East for more than a decade. By abolishing divisions, our SOS will be a bit easier going forward.

It'll be about the same. In the SEC there's top tier and middle tier and then there's Vandy. How many middle tier conference games can we win after adding Oklahoma and Texas to the mix. I'd say 1-4 per year depending on the schedule. Next year, I'd say one, maybe two wins out of the SEC.

[starkvegasdawg]

If the stories circulating about the Seal slush fund earmarked specifically for a football head coach are true, then we could fish in whatever pond we wanted to. We just choose to fish in the grown over small ditch behind the house.

[smootness]

Everyone in the universe knows Arnett fell ass backwards into this job because of the timing CML's passing. This is not a factor.

Also, there is no such thing as security as a coach. Want security? Win.

[msudawg1200]

Also, there is no such thing as security as a coach. Want security? Win.

Exactly. Those millions of dollars you earn for winning or getting fired is security. I mean generational wealth should be good enough.

[BoomBoom]

Imagine what Mullen could do with Parson?

Run a decade-old gimmicky offense, not recruit players around him, not play the better available players around him, and run off any competent DC?

[Mjoelner34]

If the stories circulating about the Seal slush fund earmarked specifically for a football head coach are true, then we could fish in whatever pond we wanted to. We just choose to fish in the grown over small ditch behind the house.

I asked a question about that on here last week or a couple of weeks ago. From what I was told back in the day, I'm not sure that fund gets us access to any pond. If recall correctly, it was only for 2 things. 1: To pay the buy-out of the head football coach if we wanted to let him go. 2: To pay the head football coach as much as we wanted for him to stay if he was looking around elsewhere for $$$.

[PMDawg]

I repeat: moving away from divisions is the death of relevance for our football program. I know that's not the popular take, but that's the hard truth.

Actually, it's just your opinion. Whether it ends up being right or wrong, it's still only your opinion.

[Todd4State]

Or Mullen........

Running him up the middle and have him throw a bunch of curl routes isn't going to maximize his talent.

[Todd4State]

Lol, we barely win 2-4 SEC games now. Explain how we win 6 conference games in an expanded conference and when the schedule inevitably moves to 9, maybe even 10, conference games. And you're dreaming if you think nearly half the playoff field will be from the SEC. Between the media and the committee there's no way 5 teams from the same conference will be in the playoffs.

I repeat: moving away from divisions is the death of relevance for our football program. I know that's not the popular take, but that's the hard truth.

I disagree. We now don't have to play Alabama and LSU every year. The odds of "missing" a team that is hot went up for us. And I think the SEC was equitable with how they set it up.

[confucius say]

We will not be fishing in the same pond as TAM, if we are then they have screwed their search

Correct. But there will be a domino effect from Aggie that will create vacancies that will affect our pond. So the sooner we lock up our guy the better